Review: LIE IN WAIT by Eric RickstadMy first exposure to this author was buying and reading THE SILENT GIRLS in 2014, right after publication. Immediately he went on my personal must-read author list. LIE IN WAIT is every bit as excellent. Mr. Rickstad has the ability of best authors to include his characters' rounded-out lives, and like all good regional authors, he makes the locale a character all of itself, continually pinging on the storyline. LIE IN WAIT is the third mystery I read this wee...

After thoroughly enjoying The Silent Girls last year, I've had this one on my to-read list ever since, waiting for it to be published. Clearly, I had high expectations and this did not disappoint.Lie in Wait is not the anticipated sequel to The Silent Girls- instead, it focuses on the other detective from that book, Sonja Test. Not exactly the seasoned detective that Frank Rath was, this is actually Test's first murder case, and it's a big one- a teenage girl has been murdered in the home of a p...

Well done! Truly enjoyed it, but slightly disappointed that it didn't pick up where the first book left off. One of the same characters, but the closure I was looking from the first book wasn't there. Once I realized it wasn't truly a sequel, I set about enjoying the book for itself, which was pretty good.

Not as good as The Silent GirlsIt was good but not great. A lot of moving parts that were all over the place. I enjoyed it, but def liked The Silent Girls a lot more.

Disappointing. The last book, "The Silent Girls" was a winner. This one... not so much. It seemed a bit awkward to read, or maybe awkwardly written. There were a few passages where "he said"..."she said".."he said"..."she said" ended every sentence. It was irritatingly repetitive and stood out, then some other issues started to become noticeable and I kind of lost interest. I'll probably TBR the next book with these characters, or by this author, but it'll be on the "maybe" shelf.

It was a bit hard getting into the story at first and it just kind of plods along from there. Multiple POV's don't help and are a bit jarring as well as the large amount of characters to keep track of.None of the characters are all that likable or relate-able and they are all deeply flawed and their problems seem to take over part of the story and distract from crime and the work to solve it. Edit:There are way, way to many side tangents for all the characters flaws and it takes away from the st...

@DNF @40%The female lead was terrible. Unprofessional, felt justified in her bad behavior in her "passion" for the victim, functioning off of her emotions and/her gut feelings rather than doing her job properly. I hate when female leads are such stereotypes. The overall plot was interesting and I'm curious as to who the killer was but I can't take this character one more minute.I did this on audiobook and the narrator was good.

If I could have read this in one setting, I would have. Absolutely marvelous story, haunting as the pieces came together for another book that takes morality and twists it around. All ethics and points-of-view are considered, every little instance has a seed of doubt in a story with no winners.Lovely writing.

This book is poorly written and could have used another round of editing (if it was edited at all to begin with). The main character is clunky and awkward and is always referred to by her last name. Parts of the story make no sense, like how Victor enters the office at 4:45 pm and the secretary talks to him like it is morning. One plot line just ends with no closure and there is little surprise in the big reveal. Even the title makes no sense. It's just bad.

This book had potential and some interesting, somewhat creepy moments. All of that, however, was ruined because it's patently obvious this book could have used another SEVERAL edits. There are a whole gaggle of spelling/grammar mistakes. Frequent ones. So often that it distracts from the book. In one chapter, a sideline character's name switches to another name. Just....SWITCHES RANDOMLY. Like the author changed his mind on the name but forgot to change all the references to that character. In t...

“UNKNOWN CALLER. Test was tempted. Bur resisted.”Lie in Wait definitely could have been reedited, because there were just far too many mistakes in the book to make it to publication.On the other hand, I did like this book, but not as much as the other two Canaan Crime books in the series, and so I will rate it between 4.5 and 5 stars. I loved what a fast-paced book this was, and that Eric Rickstad wrote about relevant topics in today’s world and how his characters would feel and respond to other...

A gripping story. Jonathan Merryfield made a career out of taking cases for underprivileged victims of violence. Young teenager Jessica Cumber was pleased that she had got the job to babysit in the Merryfield's grand old home of the lead attorney Jonathan and his wife Bethany for their baby boy Jon. One evening when Jessica babysits Jon and Bethany return home early to hear the sounds of their baby bawling. No sign of Jessica, it looked like Jessica Cumber had left baby Jon in his cot all alone

Not even 1*! May I say worst book of 2016 for me (and I have started some duds lately so this is way bad.)I hesitate to even add them to my reading shelf, especially if they are new authors for me with glowing reviews. Since I have to add so many to "cannot-finish." (Like this one.) I think I need to go by the few reviews that give books 1-2 stars which there were some with this one and stay away, but like any reviews on anything, some people dislike things for reasons I am not bothered by and v...

I read Silent Girls and immediately ordered this from the library. I couldn't get enough. So many twists and turns - right up until the end!

Eric Rickstad is a Booktopia 2018 author and has a new book out The Names Of Dead Girls. When I learned this was the 3rd book in the Canaan Crimes series, I wanted to read them in order ahead of Booktopia even though I was assured this was totally unnecessary. When you have OCD, you just can't help yourself. So I picked up Lie In Wait and was about a quarter of the way through when I figured out that The Silent Girls was published first.....arghhh...sometimes I can't get out of my own way.No, I

I look forward to more books from Eric Rickstad. This book is engaging with well developed characters, and I like how he melds current issues with them. This book was staggering how I was completely caught off guard at the end, but throughout the book I'm always guessing; and always highly interested!

The 1st of the Canaan crime series and it's a dark, twisted tale of a horrific murder and small town secrets. Mother of two Detective Sonja Test investigates her 1st murder case after a young teenage girl is found bludgeoned to death in the home of the prosecutor in a high profile civil rights case.It's thought that the case may be linked to the girl's murder and within days a suspect is in custody, but Sonja has doubts about his guilt. As the story unfolds, we learn that the murder may have its...

Lie In Wait is an extremely well crafted and multi-layered murder mystery/thriller. While I found Rickstad's other Canaan thriller, The Silent Girls, to be a better story, Lie In Wait has an undeniable pull on the reader. What starts out as a murder case surrounding a 15 year old girl eventually moves into an exploration of religion, the sins of our fathers, assault, and how secrets can be kept buried across decades. Pair this book with... A full bodied Merlot.

Well, I certainly will read the rest of his books.You can not be a last page reader and truly enjoy this book. I have a couple of questions (such as is this really the #1 of the series) to ask this weekend, but I enjoyed the ride and recommended the book to the waitress at breakfast this morning. Too bad I have no plans to be back in West Virginia to see how she liked it.One of my nitpicks is the number of names mentioned on the first page so that I had to look back a couple of times to make sur...